Smartglasses

Christine Romero-Chan / Digital Trends The Vision Pro headset is Apple’s most significant new product in years, and it is widely seen as the company’s “next big thing.” But Apple isn’t resting on its laurels, as a new report has highlighted the products that the company hopes will shake up the market in similarly momentous ways. And no, we’re not talking about a second-generation Vision Pro. Among the devices Apple is secretly working on are a set of smartglasses, a health and fitness ring, and even a pair of…

Brilliant Labs CEO models the company’s new Frame smart glasses. Brilliant Labs Smart glasses keep getting better and adding more features. The latest from Brilliant Labs is called Frame, a pair of smart glasses with two primary points of interest: an astounding weight of just 39 grams and some nifty AI features. According to the online retailer Glasses.com, “the majority of eyeglasses weight 25 to 50 grams.” The fact that Frame sits right in the middle of this range is seriously impressive, especially since the…

RayNeo X2 Lite AR glasses are slim and lightweight. RayNeo It’s been a long time since Google Glass fell on its face, but at CES 2024, some advanced AR companies are attempting a revival of sorts. TCL-backed RayNeo showcased its latest breakthrough in AR glasses with two new pairs: the RayNeo X2 and RayNeo X2 Lite, a two-ounce (60g) wearable that includes 1,500-nit displays, a 12MP camera, and AI with voice and image input. The RayNeo X2 will be available to consumers via Indiegogo in February, but the company…

This April marked the 10th anniversary since Google released the first generation of Glass. It may be difficult to believe with a decade of hindsight, but the limited release “Explorer’s Edition” were coveted objects. For a little while, at least, they felt like the future. The last 10 years of smartglasses has, however, been an extremely mixed bag. There have been more misses than hits, and it feels like we’re still years out from reaching any sort of consensus on form and functionality. Google Glass never reached…

Photo by Tracey Truly / Digital Trends Smart glasses have had a bad reputation ever since the Google Glass days. Despite iterations on the technology, public perception hasn’t changed much, and that’s made it hard for smart glasses to take off in any meaningful way. That might be finally changing. The new Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses have enjoyed a viral boom on TikTok, resulting in hundreds of millions of views on some videos. Jules Terpak recently tweeted about the phenomenon, highlighting four examples. That’s just…

If you ever wanted help picking out an outfit, Meta just rolled out a beat for its Ray-Ban Smart Glasses that’ll give you fashion advice based on what’s in your closet. Meanwhile, the Apple and Beeper Mini messaging saga took a dramatic turn. Gizmodo covered all this news and more, and you can catch up with our weekly roundup. - Jorge Jimenez Apple Unveils Its iPhone 15 and Apple Watch Series 9Meta’s Ray-Ban Glasses Now Have Thoughts About Your PantsMeta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses house multiple microphones and a 12-MP…

Meta’s long-promised AI-enabled vision features for the company’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses are finally incoming, allowing the onboard AI to see, hear, and interpret its environment through the glasses’ 12 MP camera and microphone. The company proclaimed late Tuesday that these new AI-vision features are now available in beta. There’s a whole lot of utility for a mobile AI that can see and hear, but leave it to Meta’s leadership to show off the new feature in the most awkward and trite way possible.'Even AI Rappers are…

Xreal, TCL, and Rokid smart glasses displayed together. Alan Truly / Digital Trends Conceptually, smart glasses with displays are great. You get a giant screen that hovers in the center of your view and personal stereo sound in a pair of glasses you can fold and put in your pocket. In practice, there have been some issues preventing this technology from going mainstream. Most notably, comfort has been a problem. I tried next-gen smart glasses from industry leaders Xreal, Rokid, and TCL to find out if these new…

Apple still hasn’t quite given the world a great reason to spend $3,500 on its Vision Pro AR/VR headset, nor even released it, but BMW Motorrad, the automakers’ motorcycle division, believes it’s come up with a convincing reason for riders to wear smart glasses. The company’s new ConnectedRide Smartglasses position dashboard metrics in riders’ field of view so they never have to take their eyes off the road.Cops Pull Over Self-Driving CarEven with the success of Meta’s and HTC’s VR devices, convincing consumers that…

We've seen several attempts to create head-up display smartglasses for motorcyclists in the past, and we've been wildly unenthusiastic so far ... but that just changed.BMW Motorrad is demonstrating what it is calling "ConnectedRide Smartglasses" at BMW Motorrad Days in Berlin this weekend with release imminent at a price of EUR €690.00 (around USD $750). Obviously there'll be a period where supplies reach shores distant to the motherland, but you won't need a BMW to use the glasses, and if my 50+ years of experience…